Vulnerability CVE-2008-5076
Published: 2008-11-14   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
HTOP -> HTOP 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46321
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://bugs.debian.org/504144
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